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Science prizes, wealth location and social signals

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One count on which I almost always find myself to be an outlier in India is my opinion […]

December 3, 2020 Analysis, Op-eds, Science

Why we need *some* borders between us

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Borders are often a bad thing because they create separation that is unconducive for what are generally considered […]

June 3, 2020 Culture, Op-eds

Freeman Dyson’s PhD

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The physicist, thinker and writer Freeman Dyson passed away on February 28, 2020, at the age of 96. […]

March 1, 2020 Op-eds, Science

The alleged politicisation of science

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“Don’t politicise X” has become the defence of choice for a class of scientists and public intellectuals in […]

September 22, 2019 Op-eds, Science

Some empathy for Treebeard’s privilege

There’s a line from The Two Towers (2002) that’s really stayed with me: I’m on nobody’s side because […]

October 25, 2017 Life notes, Op-eds

Taking the ringdown route to understanding the humans of science

What follows is an attempt to process and understand Cassandra Willyard’s post on Last Word on Nothing, about […]

October 21, 2017 Life notes, Op-eds, Scicomm

Some thoughts on the Mack/Dorigo Twitter exchange, and Zivkovic, Feyerabend, etc.

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Aspirants flock to role models. The ‘underlying human’ must not jeopardise their conversation by being a dick.

May 30, 2017 Scicomm

To be a reporter in wintertime Delhi

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No amount of fondness or pride for situating themselves in the national capital can save journalism establishments from the steady toll the city is taking on their journalists.

November 7, 2016 Op-eds, Science
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